David Meerman Scott, a well-known marketing strategist, coined the term "newsjacking," which he describes as "the process by which you inject your ideas or angles into breaking news, in real-time, in order to generate media coverage for yourself or your business." The concept makes sense, and we all know that a great way to gain relevance online is by leveraging hot topics and news items that are beginning to trend-but it's a competitive, and fast-moving, field. How do content marketers stay on top of the relevant trends and news in their industries to ensure they're curating and communicating fresh, engaging content?

PubSub, a search tool for tracking what people are saying about the topics they care about, has announced an agreement with Cymfony, a provider of automated media analysis and marketing intelligence solutions.

OCLC PICA, a library systems and service provider in Europe, has acquired Fretwell-Downing Informatics, an information discovery, library management, and knowledge delivery organization, to strengthen and extend its worldwide network for information delivery to libraries.

IBM is delivering a new Public Image Monitoring Solution, a software offering designed with Nstein Technologies and Factiva, to allow organizations to analyze commentary, issues, and information affecting their brand, and providing insight into how they operate and make business decisions.

Emerald Group Publishing Limited, an international publisher of academic and professional literature in the fields of management and library and information services, has acquired four journal titles in the fields of accounting and investment.

Thomson Gale, part of The Thomson Corporation, recently added more than 40 new periodicals to its Biography Resource Center, bringing the total number of magazines and journals in the database to nearly 300.

Norpath, Inc., has announced the immediate availability of Norpath Elements 3.2, the latest version of its interactive authoring software for creating learning, multimedia, and information applications.

SiSTeR Technologies, Inc., a provider of applications and hosted services for the automated creation and management of multimedia marketing content for online retail and mobile environments, has announced the commercial availability of the company's Pic2Vid for Marketers solution suite.

Jabber, Inc., a provider of real-time presence and messaging solutions, has introduced a tiered Developer and a Strategic Technology Partner Program that coincides with the announcement of three applications developed jointly with Jabber, Inc.

KnowledgeLake, Inc., a provider of Enterprise Content Management (ECM) software for Microsoft SharePoint, has announced that its next major product release will extend the new ECM feature set in the upcoming Microsoft Office release, code named Office “12”.

ProQuest Information and Learning has announced the sale of its periodical microfilm business, including the periodical film itself, to National Archive Publishing Company (NAPC), an Ann Arbor-based company established by former ProQuest executives.

ebrary, an information services and technology provider, has announced the availability of the ebrary OnDemand platform, which enables libraries and publishers to distribute their own PDF content online.

Peppercoin, a payments technology company that enables new business models for low-priced digital content and physical goods, has announced it has completed its $10 million second institutional round of funding with an additional $2 million investment from Total Technology Ventures, a venture capital firm in the payments industry.

RLG, a not-for-profit organization of over 150 research libraries, archives, and museums has announced that it will be a contributor to and partner with the Open Content Alliance (OCA), a consortium that is building a permanent archive of digitized text and multimedia content.

Brainshark, a provider of on-demand rich-media communications solutions, has announced its integration with G2X, a provider of relationship management software products and services that help insurance companies manage distribution partner and client relationships.

SiteScape Inc., a provider of secure Web-based workflow and collaboration solutions, has announced SiteScape Forum ZX, an all-in-one collaboration platform that allows team members to share information both in real-time and asynchronously.

EMC Corporation, a provider of information management and storage, has outlined its strategy to enable customers to benefit from a holistic set of archiving policies and access tools for all information, regardless of origin, type, or location.

Agent Software, providers of intelligent search solutions, has announced Precision Recall, a desktop application that takes the concept of federated search to the individual to improve the accuracy of research, boost productivity, and enable users to more easily share research files.

Google and the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation has announced a joint effort to make the Foundation's Archive of American Television interviews available for free viewing on Google Video.

NEC Corporation has announced that it has succeeded in the development of Japanese-English/English-Japanese, automatic speech translation software for single-chip multi-core processors for small devices such as mobile phones, capable of operation at high speeds with low power consumption.